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Metro Yellow Line riders basking in post-Thanksgiving bliss could be in for a rude awakening when they arrive at their stations the Monday after the long holiday weekend: There will be no Yellow Line trains to board.

WASHINGTON — Normally, holding an annual snow summit in mid-November would be ahead of the game.

Quietly parked on a side street, somewhere between St. Teresa of Avila Church and Ketcham Elementary School, the Family and Medical Counseling Services (www.fmcsinc.org) health van waited to serve neighbors and visitors of Ward 8. Tyrone…

D.C. is doing something different this season when it comes to snow removal: There's a new "non-motorized trail" work detail specifically assigned to clearing bike paths, bridge deck sidewalks and ramps compliant with the Americans with…

Conservatives often criticize the “nanny state,” but even we didn’t imagine it would get this bad. The District of Columbia is literally targeting preschool play dates, claiming that parents need city approval before they can baby-sit their…

Amazon announced its HQ2 decision last Tuesday, splitting the decision between Crystal City and New York. But an earlier competition to site the nation’s capital makes the HQ2 contest seem like a cakewalk.

Much attention has been given to the troubling increase in the number of homicides in the city, but we also need to examine the equally troubling increase in the number of drunken-driving deaths in the District.

The D.C. Council has the chance to end dalliances with corruption — and restore confidence in the city’s political process — by adopting the omnibus campaign-finance-reform bill unanimously passed last month by the council’s Judiciary and…

In 1912, the Housing Commission of the Monday Evening Club published the "Directory of the Inhabited Alleys of Washington, DC". The guide identified 275 blocks in DC which contained habitable alleys, encompassing a total of 3,337 homes and…

As Amazon moves into Arlington, tens of thousands of employees will begin trickling in, and many may take advantage of Metro to commute to National Landing. This means that there are plenty of neighborhoods, including in DC, where Amazon…

The debate about Initiative 77, the ballot measure in June’s primary to eliminate the two-tiered wage system, played out with special acrimony on social media. Perhaps you’d like to return to those simpler times of online debate, back…

WASHINGTON — It’s the end of an era. As WTOP prepares to leave its Northwest D.C. location for new digs in Chevy Chase, Maryland, crews on a crane scaled the station’s current HQ to carefully remove the station’s call letters Friday…

The transit agency says it’s losing out to ride-hailing services; its budget initiatives are one attempt to remedy the problem.

Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans has reported income of up to $350,000 in recent years from a consultancy he formed in 2016 with lobbyist N. William Jarvis, who has lobbied Evans since then on behalf of a client seeking a contract extension…

WASHINGTON — A walk to remember at least 10 pedestrians who were killed while crossing or walking along D.C.’s streets this year endured the cold, slush and rain Thursday night.

WASHINGTON — D.C’s brewing scene has exploded in recent years, giving craft beer lovers more options than ever when it comes to drinking local. But 100 years ago, there was pretty much just one label in town: Christian Heurich. And a new…

President Trump’s nominee to lead the National Park Service wouldn’t say Thursday whether he would support efforts to limit where protesters can rally and charge activists for the costs of securing large demonstrations.